Classwork: Transport across the cell membrane

Group 405 Name Fernando Garcia Arellano ID A01194533

Instructions: In this activity you will access the following web site: http:
www.mhhe.com/maderinquiry12 . Click resources, then click chapter 4. Now you are in.
Following the indications below and answer the following questions by circling the letter that
corresponds to the correct answer. Each question is worth 4 points.
I.

Click on to how diffusion works, read the introduction, view the animation,
and then answer the questions below.
1. Simple diffusion is defined as the movement of
a) molecules from areas of high concentration to areas of lower
concentration
b) molecules from areas of low concentration to areas of higher
concentration
c) water molecules across a membrane
d) gas molecules across a membrane
2. When sugar is mixed with water, equilibrium is reached when
a) Molecules of sugar stop moving
b) Water and sugar molecules are moving at the same speed
c) The dissolved sugar molecules are evenly distributed throughout the
solution
d) There are the same number of water molecules as dissolved sugar
molecules
3. Simple diffusion requires energy in the form of ATP.
a) True
b) False

II.

4. Diffusion is one of the processes whereby materials are exchanged between a

cell and its environment.
a) True
b) False
c)
Click on to How facilitated diffusion works, read the introduction, view the
animation, and then answer the questions below.
1. Facilitated diffusion requires carrier proteins.
a) True
b) False

2. Facilitated diffusion requires energy in the form of ATP.

a) True
b) False
3. Facilitated diffusion occurs
a) Into the cell only
b) Out of the cell only
c) In either direction depending on the temperature and size of the molecule
d) In either direction depending on the concentration gradient of the
molecule
4. Facilitated diffusion is used to transport
a) Sugar and amino acids
b) Carbon dioxide and oxygen
c) Water
d) All of the above
III.

Click on to How osmosis works, read the introduction, view the animation,
then answer the questions below.
1. Osmosis is best defined as the movement of
a) Molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower
concentration
b) Molecules from an area of low concentration to an area of higher
concentration
c) Water molecules across a membrane from an area of lower water
concentration to an area of higher water concentration
d) Water molecules across a membrane from an area of higher water
concentration to an area of lower water concentration
2. A red blood cell placed in a hypertonic medium will
a) Expand
b) Burst
c) Shrink
d) Have no change in shape
3. A 5% urea solution is hypotonic to a 10% urea solution.
a) True
b) False
4. If a cell is placed in an isotonic solution, there will be no net movement of
water across the cell membrane
a) True
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b) False
IV.

Click on to How the sodium potassium pump works, read the

introduction, view the animation, then answer the questions below.
1. The sodium potassium pump is an example of
a) Active transport
b) Facilitated diffusion
c) Simple diffusion
d) Osmosis
2. The sodium potassium pump functions to pump
a) Sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell
b) Sodium ions into the cell and potassium ions out of the cell
c) Sodium and potassium ions in both directions across the membrane
d) All of the above
3. The sodium potassium pump is a type of active transport that requires ATP
energy.
a) True
b) False
4. The sodium potassium pump requires a carrier protein.
a) True
b) False

V.

Click on to Endocytosis and exocytosis, read the introduction, view the

animation, then answer the questions below.
1. Exocytosis is a process by which cells
a) Release substances from the cell through pores in the cell membrane
b) Release substances form the cell via vesicles
c) Bring in substances from the outside via vesicles
d) Bring in substances from the outside via pores in the cell membrane
2. Certain white blood cells engulf microorganisms and bring these in to digest
them. This process is best described as
a) Pinocytosis
b) Receptor mediated exocytosis
c) Phagocytosis
d) None of the above

3. If the material the cell takes in is liquid, the process is termed pinocytosis.
a) True
b) False
4. Both endocytosis and exocytosis require ATP energy.
a) True
b) False